India romped home to a 37-run win over Australia in the first Twenty20 International thanks to some impressive bowling and a Virat Kohli blitz.

Praising the performance of the visitors, former captain Sunil Gavaskar said that India look like favourites to win the World Twenty20 at home, starting March 8th.

Kohli smashed an unbeaten 90 off 55 balls to take India to a total of 188 for three.

The Indian bowling, which was shoddy in the ODI series, finally put their hands up and leading the charge was Jasprit Bumrah, who impressed in the Sydney ODI and was playing his debut Twenty20 international.